HV's (co-)supervised students at BIOMATH

• (1995 -- 1998). Kyou Ho Lee (Ph.D.).
  A Methodology of Variable Structure System Specification: Formalism, Language and Implementation.
  (Ghent University, co-supervisor with Prof. G.C. Vansteenkiste)
  Current position: research lead at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Korea.
  Designs a formalism for the specification of ATM switches. Hereby, the model used to specify and simulate system behaviour is identical to the one embedded in the actual ATM switch, thus alleviating the risk of implementation errors.
• 1998. Marco Zoccadelli and Lorenzo Luchetti,
  PSYCO: Prototype Symbolic Control Toolbox. For continuous (DAE) system models, controllers (PID, Robust Control, etc.) are automatically synthesized using computer algebra. (University of Florence).
• 1998. Frederik Decouttere,
  A Client-Server Architecture for Model-Data Querying over the WWW (in Dutch). Model attributes as well as simulation data are made accessible over the WWW. Data are processed and visualized based on user preferences.
• 1997. Koen De Winne,
  Hybrid Expert Systems for Bridge Loads in Strength Calculations (in Dutch). Qualitative (expert system) and quantitative (simulation) techniques are used to automate test scenarios prescribed by European directives and laws. This work was performed in collaboration with the Flemish Ministry of the Interior.
• 1996. Wijnand van de Calseijde,
  Agents in a Global Knowledge Network. (Delft University of Technology and West Virginia University, WV; co-supervisor with Prof. E.J.H. Kerckhoffs) Investigates different approaches to ``agents''. In particular, the AI slant versus the ``software agent'' view. An agent architecture is designed to support semantically meaningful exchange of dynamic system model data.
• 1995. Filip Claeys,
  Model-Based Decision Support for the Optimization and Management of Activated Sludge Waste Water Treatment Plants. Investigates ``shallow'' (using heuristics) versus ``deep'' (using quantitative simulation) techniques for the design of WWTPs. A software architecture is proposed.
• 1995. Patrick Debois,
  Model exchange based on the WWW (in Dutch). Investigates different web-based architectures for model exchange and re-use. Mainly based on cgi-bin access to a web-server.
• 1994. Christoph De Ridder,
  An X/Motif Graphical User Interface for Discrete Event Modelling and Simulation in HGPSS (in Dutch). Provides a GUI for HGPSS. Hereby, the specification is checked for semantic errors and HGPSS code is generated.
• 1993. Guido Smits and Marc Luyten, Computer Aided Design of Formulations (in Dutch). The optimal design of chemical (polymer) formulations is investigated by means of genetic algorithms and neural networks. In collaboration with Dow Chemical Benelux.
• 1992. Filip Claeys,
  HGPSS: Object-oriented Process Interaction Simulation. A re-design of the well-known GPSS, including the introduction of hierarchy. The complete system is implemented in C++, lex, and yacc.
• 1992. Bart De Rauw,
  Object-oriented Integration of Simulated Dynamics and 3D Animation (in Dutch). Starting from a declarative specification of the visual attributes (in some form of GL) as well as of the dynamic models (in ODE form), consistent simulation as well as animation code is automatically generated. This allows for realistic animation of physical phenomena.
• 1992. Guido Van Wijnsberge,
  An Object-oriented Kernel for Continuous Simulation in μCSL (in Dutch). The investigation of parallel, multi-rate, multi-method solution of ODEs. Hereby, graph analysis is used to avoid performance penalties due to inappropriate partitioning.
• 1991. Paula Claeys,
  Object-oriented Database Systems (in Dutch). The design and implementation of a mapping between an object-oriented data model (the model database) and a relational data model.
• 1990. Lieven Van Vooren,
  Computer Simulation of the Activated Sludge Water Purification Process with the RODTOX as Biosensor (in Dutch). Received the 1990 Royal Flemish Engineering Society (KVIV) award for this thesis. Received the 1990 Flemish Water-Energy-Environment} (WEL) Water award for this thesis. The rigorous development, from first principles, of models for Waste Water Treatment, in particular of the sedimentation PDE. This is an excellent demonstration of the ``modelling and simulation'' life-cycle.
• 1990. Sabien Vulsteke,
  Study and Implementation of an Integrated Interactive Simulation Environment (in Dutch). Investigates a ``lightweight'' implementation --using the C macro preprocessor only-- of a CSSL (Continuous System Simulation Language) and integrates it into the Control-C interactive environment.

Maintained by Hans Vangheluwe. September 2005.